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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):



	2011		2010

Finished goods	$	32,604	$	24,476
Parts and materials	18,004		6,727
Work in progress	2,606		2,776
Total inventories	$	53,214	$	33,979

We include freight costs incurred for shipping inventory to our clients in the Cost of Sales caption in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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